#babsquinn

[The] issue cuts to the contemporary Batgirl, confronting Harley Quinn — the prime suspect in the aforementioned murder mystery, in which multiple heroes were found dead outside Sanctuary. What's notable about the ensuing scene is that it isn't a fight between the superhero and supervillain, despite Harley's best attempts. Instead, Batgirl talks her down, offering what could be read as coded references to the attitude toward female characters from (mostly male) fandom.

"How long is it going to be before Batman does what I did?" she asks, referring to deducing where Quinn was hiding out. "He'll take you and he'll judge you. He'll see you. The same way he sees me. As pitiful, broken. Just another… product of his failure to capture the stupid Joker. Another scared, scarred girl on his conscience. And he'll make assumptions about you. What you can and can't do. Who you are. What you did."

She continues, "We can … We can figure it out together. Without … people who they know us not knowing us."